Statement:

My prints consist of graphite screen prints on paper. I fold paper sheets containing his print images into various multi-faceted objects and combine them to create sculptural wall hangings. These wall hangings are usually large in scale. Previous examples of his wall hangings range from 140x215 cm to 120x460 cm. The works were featured at my solo showcase Looking Back and Thinking Ahead, which was on display at the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands in June 2017. The works were also shown at the Carifesta XIII showcase in Barbados in August 2017.

Many of the images I source for my screen prints are collected from the Cayman Islands National Archives (CINA). I also collect images from Caymanian family photograph collections. I am interested in using images placed within my wall hangings as monumental objects to provoke narratives of missing identities and to show the importance of photographs in maintaining memory in modern society. I often choose images of unidentified people to assist this narrative and question whether these images should be archived or if the identity of the people captured in the photographs no longer exists in the historical memory of the photograph owner. I am also interested in how my chosen materials for printmaking affect the outcome of the works. I believe that situations created from the materials can greatly impact the narrative of the prints I produce. For example, some images become disrupted when they are reproduced with graphite powder. This causes the visual identity of the people within these images to be removed and refines the visual importance of their identity. In this way, the ghosts of the unidentified people are allowed to be released from the image through the process-based abstraction of the graphite powder material shifting through the screen printing process. Furthermore, I also enjoy using newsprint paper as an image surface and as a structural material that is portable. I believe newsprint allows my images to become more diverse when they take the form of the paper objects I create for the wall hangings.